December 24, 2008	Wednesday	Zilhaj 25, 1429

HYDERABAD, Dec 23: A monument in recognition of the services of great scholar and founder Vice Chancellor of Sindh University Allama I.I. Kazi would be constructed at the University’s Allama I.I. Kazi Campus Jamshoro for which services of reputed international architects are to be hired.

This was decided at the first meeting of the Advisory Committee appointed by the Sindh University Syndicate on Tuesday. The meeting was presided over by Prof Emeritus of the University Dr N.A Baloch and attended by Dr Rafia Ahmed Shaikh, Dr A.Q. Mughal, Dr Abdul Ghaffar Soomro, Abdul Hameed Akhund, Muhammad Saleh Rajar, Project Director Ahmed Ali Abbasi, Additional Registrar Mushtaq Alley Qureshi and others. Dr N.A Baloch highlighted the services of Allama I.I. Kazi in the cause of education and Sindh University. He said that the University was shifted from Karachi to Hyderabad at a very difficult time and then to Jamshoro. He said that it was the vision of Allama to establish the university with a campus, library and printing press while there were only a few universities at that time with campus.

Dr Baloch said that it was the duty of people of Sindh, scholars and alumni of the University to pay tribute to Allama by establishing a monument at the campus.

The meeting after discussion decided that the monument would be set up with the help of world class architects depicting art and culture of Sindh and the personality of Allama I.I. Kazi. The meeting decided to invite proposals from the architects of international repute for this purpose.

The Registrar of the University informed the meeting that noted scholar Dr Baloch had donated Rs2 million for the construction of Monumental Gate to be named Bab-e-Allama I.I.Kazi at the main road of the campus.

Members Advisory Committee also visited the main road of the campus to select the site.